Greater Western Sydney must start to win: coach

Date: November 09 2013

Jon Pierik

Greater Western Sydney coach Leon Cameron has declared the struggling club ''needs to win'' next season, and has turned the summer heat on his players to deliver precious victories early in the 2014 campaign.

Having managed just three wins in their opening two seasons, prompting questions about the club's list management and inability to lure a marquee player, the Giants realise the time has come to make a mark in a competitive Sydney entertainment market which now has Lance Franklin as a headline act at the rival Swans.

''I think everyone is trying to ask where we're at in terms of wins [and] how do you judge a successful season in our third year,'' Cameron said on Friday.

''We'll judge ourselves by being more competitive but what I will say is we're here to win. We need to win.

''If we can be competitive for longer, which I'm really confident by the personnel that we've added, and our guys like Jeremy [Cameron] coming into his third pre-season, they are ready to absorb full-on AFL football.

''We're here to win and we're here to win early.''

■ Essendon midfielder Dyson Heppell, recovering from foot surgery, hopes to be a part of the Dons' pre-season camp to Colorado at the end of the month, but needs the OK from his surgeon on November 18.

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